Praying Mantis - First try

darkdragon

First time I've seen a free praying mantis since I've had my camera gear. It was on a neighbors tire and difficult to get a good angle on. I'm going back out again to get some more shots - once he moves up to the top part of the tire.

C&C welcome, i'm shooting with 50mm & Kenko tubes.

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JAG

good work Lisa. Its cool how you caught the drops of dew (or water) on his head (at least I think that is what I am seeing.).

Lord Vetinari

Good captures- would love to find one of these in my garden
Pretty certain the "dewdrops" are it's simple eyes.
Brian V.

A.l.i

amazing shots
keep it up

Pretty certain the "dewdrops" are it's simple eyes

Skippy

darkdragon wrote:

First time I've seen a free praying mantis since I've had my camera gear. It was on a neighbors tire and difficult to get a good angle on. I'm going back out again to get some more shots - once he moves up to the top part of the tire.

C&C welcome, i'm shooting with 50mm & Kenko tubes.

Don't ya just love the way those little eyeballs follow you
He looks a friendly little fella.
Great detail in the head of this one Darkdragon, Well Done
... Skippy
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canon400d

Skippy wrote:

Don't ya just love the way those little eyeballs follow you
He looks a friendly little fella.
Great detail in the head of this one Darkdragon, Well Done
... Skippy
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Great captures and loved the detail. Well done.
Bob